Morocco is still treading behind when it comes to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) standard of one nurse for every 5 patients during the day and 7 patients at night, and one nurse for every 300 citizens at the primary health care level.
According to a press release from the Democratic Health Organization, affiliated with the Democratic Labor Organization, Morocco is experiencing a serious shortage of human resources, especially among nurses, as their number does not exceed 15,087 multipurpose nurses and 4,943 midwives, while the deficit and shortage exceeds 65,000 nurses.
The organization stresses the importance of the nursing profession as “the main pillar of the success of all health system reform projects.
In addition, the national professional body of nurses is calling for answers on the new status of the civil service, as well as the promised increase in wages, risk compensation, compensation for work-related injuries, retirement pensions, and compensation for hours and shifts.
The organization called for the direct employment of nurses, midwives, and health technicians after graduation. Secondly, the professionals are demanding an increase of seats allocated to the training of nurses, midwives, and health technicians.
An increase in the value of the training grant is strongly requested, as well as the transformation of the higher institutes of training of nurses and health technicians into “faculties of nursing sciences and health techniques.”
At the same time, the health organization also called on the government and the Ministry of Health to reform the adopted policy and strengthen the sources of funding for investment in the nursing profession by increasing the number of highly trained nurses, creating employment opportunities, and developing leadership capacities for the nursing profession.
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